Brunch

Bernard got very good value from his free brunch at the Melia today! He started with the kids' section, i.e chips and pasta, then branched out into a little paella, then consumed a respectable amount of smoked salmon, saying, More Hammon, and then a bowlful of fruit and a choc biscuit, then a banana, and outright stole the feta cheese from my plate. Wahed down with plenty of apple juice. I had a rather sub par effort, though I enjoyed a choc and banana pancake very much.
I felt very proud of him.On Friday we also lunched at a hotel, it being the only place open. The two waitresses were astounded at the grown up way Bernard ate his lunch, and nearly fell over backwards as they watched him primly dip his chips one by one into ketchup. "Cham!!" "Dipping!" they exclaimed. Going into the Melia brunch today, I asked if the baby went in free, to which they replied, "Oh yes, he is free. he can only eat a little bread and fruit, very little.". I smiled to myself, thinking, wanna bet? Babies in Vietnam are fed a lot of milk so they don't have much appetite, and they seem mostly to be intolerant of any lumps so can only eat rice porridge up till at least 2 years old. That's why Vietnamese people are currently so impressed with Bernard's eating. it wasn't always so, though - remember how behind he was in eating mushy green purees? This time last year we were in Ba Be and our hostess was convinced our force feeding technoque were sorely lacking.

Sleep.... What's that again?

Whatever is bugging Bernard at the moment? he has been waking virtually every hour and been impossible to soothe. certainly, he is teething, but tooth 12 is through now and the canines are not much more than slight bumps. We tried, and failed, on the Pat Pats. Then we tried the Super nice Mummy technique, which meant B was able to doze while mummy sat up for hours soothing, or got wriggled on on the carpet. Now mummy's tired, and the super nice persona is gonna have to stay in the cupboard for a few days.
Wish me luck. This is the last trick in my book, and my book says it gets worse before it gets better.

Holiday day 4

Today was a delightful and joyful day. B and I both slept very well last night, waking only at two, after which we slept together on the floor. In the morning we went to Al Fresco's, where they have a baby menu and a kids' play area, and every tablecloth is a big colouring sheet with craons provided. We were the only people there. There was a pool table with numbered balls. Bernard can now read all his numbers 1 to 9. He figured out the 6 - 9 confusion today: he was standing in front of his 6 flashcard and I said "6", and he said "9", so I turned it round. Then he got it and started walking around the flashcard,saying "6" on one side and "9" on the other. Up until then he thought there were two 6's in his set of numbered fridge magnets.
We had a big nap - B slept for nearly 3 hours - and a quiet afternoon at home. It was too cold for our usual outing to play football anyway.
Bernard has discovered Cake Doodle, this cool iPad app where you can make and decorate your own cake. Try it and see! I will try and upload his creation. I think we left the camera cable inEngland.